Hardest part of writing?

[Chefo]

Hardest part of writing? --Edits ...
Apart from that, finding the inspiration to write the emotionally charged parts of the narration comes a close second. Sometimes, certain parts of my text are very emotionally intense but I only write these when I am in the proper mood. The thing is, that mood does not visit often and does not stay for long either...

Sometimes sitting down and writing is hard as well... especially towards the end of a chapter/novel. For example, sometimes I have only one piece left to write to complete a chapter, yet I simply cannot sit down and get it over with...

Well, my 2 cents.

Chefo

 

[Estelthea]

I have actually done this, out a window and bounced off the bonnet of the CEO's car.

Immensely satisfying

Fantastic!

I might be getting a shiny new computer soon so I'll think about that when I wonder what to do with the old one Sound far more fun than taking it appart and experimenting on it.

 

[Novocaine]

I would have to say showing how the protagonist(s) have developed and evolved after their experiences throughout the novel is one of the hardest parts in writing to acheive.

Plus, throwing in extra descriptions that just aren't main visual aids of the obvious picture.

Then also keeping a different point of veiw for each character. The main character is easy to compile, but giving minor characters and antagonists complex personalities is quite the difficult task.

 

[PERCON]

The hardest part of writing for me is describing the surroundings well enough for someone to know what the hell I'm talking about. It's mainly due to the fact that I don't like to shut off people's imaginations when reading because everyone will interpret the surroundings differently and I don't want to force a setting upon them in too much detail. I can't seem to stick at the descriptions for very long before moving on to dialogue or action sequences. I get bored very easily when describing anything unless I feel that it's absolutly vital that I include it, most often the descriptions get left a little too short.

PERCON

 

[anniekelleher]

hardest part of writing... sigh... i agree with whoever said ALL OF IT... (and this on a day my tenth novel is officially released.)

i guess that while writing well enough to publish commercial fiction is easily the most difficult thing i've ever attempted and continue to attempt, it is also the most wonderfully satisfying thing i've ever been able to do.

but it's really hard, hard work. all of it.

 

[Culhwch]

The hardest part of writing for me is to maintain focus, or indeed focus in on just one project. At any one moment I have three or four ideas bouncing around my head and hard drive, and the result is that I usually get very little done on any of them. One day I'll be enthusiastic about the first, then the next lose interest and chip away at the second, then feel guilty and work on the third because it seems most commercially viable (which really shouldn't come into creative production, but it always seems to). A lot of the trouble I think is a lack of preperation before starting the story. I think of a good character or interesting situation and launch straight into the story, which then peters out within ten or so pages. I have tried to remedy that in the past six months or so by doing some world building. The problem is I'm filling pages with background info, but no story is jumping out at me. And then I lose faith and think it's not worth going on with, but then I feel that I've come so far it'd be a waste to abandon it.... It's a vicious game, this writing.

 

[Anjana]

For me, the hardest part is scenes where I must be careful with every word my characters say, because its leading to or revealing a major plot point or twist. Usually I have no problem with the dialogue. I usually have a metal picture of the scene and write down what the characters say in my imagination, but when the words become critical, I get blocked up.

 

[anniekelleher]

that should be EVERY scene, anjana...

 

[aurelio]

The hardest thing for me is the marathon aspect of the process. It takes so long! Every day has different distractions and needs, but the book requires continuity and singularity of focus in order to read as if it was written in one continuous moment.

I find once I'm into a book, when the characters start writing themselves and the images come easily, then I can sit down and enter my book world quickly despite everything else in my day, but this takes a while. Or it comes and goes.

 

[Anjana]

that should be EVERY scene, anjana...

Touché. Maybe I'll clarify.

Most conversations I run through my head and allow it to flow wherever it may, like a real-life conversation. But there are points where I cannot allow the conversation to stray, and I have trouble keeping things in check so I can reveal vital information.

 

[Brys]

I find dialogue really hard to do well, and also putting enough detail in, which I'm getting better at now. Also avoiding pointless scenes isn't as easy as it sounds. The hardest thing though, is taking out scenes that don't work.